The economy over the past several years has been built on the backs of discretionary consumption. All the non-essential stuff consumers have been buying was approximately 40% of GDP. Obviously, that's a sizable amount in terms of dollar contributions and people employed. A couple trillion dollar stimulus package would probably be needed to alleviate some of the damage done. The pinball industry will definitely suffer some headwinds. Whether they drop prices a bit to restart the machine or stay "stubborn" and hold the line will be interesting to see.

Regarding investing, everything is a falling knife right now and although trying to time the market is futile, I would wait before entering if you have cash on the sidelines. Buying on a dip is one thing. Buying on a meteorite crater when larger meteorites are still landing is quite another thing. Just about every stock will be a screaming buy when we begin stringing together some positive sessions. If there are any "winners" right now it would be streaming companies and telecommute technologies.

I think 2008 should have been a lesson in the false premise that is "if people own X, then people also have money." I guess it depends on one's definition of having money. The past boom years of easy credit was heroin for people who still had no business buying second homes or running up credit card debt to fund multiple discretionary purchases. The all-enticing HELOC and snake oil selling of variable arm loans made it too easy too "have money." Unfortunately, we too often fail to learn from our mistakes. If this chart isn't sad and scary enough (and is federal reserve based data from only a few years ago), what has the past two weeks done.........

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Some of the flippant attitudes towards this virus is startling and is the exact reason why it will probably linger longer in our country than any others. So much for social contract theory and taking care of one another in a time of crisis.

Anyway, if you are concerned about take-out or food delivery, then take a few minutes to read this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/health/food-safety-groceries-coronavirus-wellness/index.html